A KwaZulu-Natal mass shooting has left 11 people dead, including a woman believed to have been pregnant, after three gunmen opened fire on a group gathered inside a house in the Ziko area of KwaMakhutha, south of Durban. The attack happened shortly before 11pm on Tuesday, September 22, 2026. Police said 14 people were inside…
A major global cybercrime crackdown has exposed how sophisticated West African scam networks have become, with South African authorities arresting 39 people accused of operating romance and investment scams in Johannesburg. The arrests were part of INTERPOL’s Operation Jackal IV, an eight-month investigation involving 22 countries across six continents. The wider operation identified 263 suspects…
Niger has returned to a tense calm after mutinous soldiers launched attacks on key sites in the capital, Niamey, in what authorities described as an attempted coup. The ruling junta says it has regained control, but the brief uprising has exposed growing pressure inside a military government that came to power promising to restore security….
Liberia has charged former Vice President Jewel Howard-Taylor with drug trafficking and money laundering, turning a major cocaine investigation into one of the country’s most politically sensitive criminal cases. The Justice Ministry announced the charges on Thursday, August 20, 2026, after Howard-Taylor was arrested at Roberts International Airport while attempting to leave the country. She…
Artificial intelligence is no longer just making cybercrime more sophisticated in Africa. It is changing how cheaply and quickly criminals can operate. A new INTERPOL African Cyberthreat Assessment Report says AI is now linked to 55% of reported cybercrime across Africa, while reported financial losses reached about $484 million in 2025, up sharply from $192…
Uganda’s first nationwide National Cleaning Day has sparked controversy after a video appeared to show a police officer striking a man during enforcement of the exercise on Saturday morning. The incident, which quickly spread across social media, occurred as authorities rolled out the new monthly sanitation program aimed at improving public health, environmental cleanliness and…
Africa has become the world’s hungriest continent for the first time, overtaking Asia in the number of people experiencing hunger, according to the latest United Nations State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI) 2026 report. The report estimates that 309 million people in Africa faced hunger in 2025, compared with 292 million…
